Longreads editors discuss stories in The New York Times Magazine, Eater, and Hakai Magazine.
Commentary
This Month in Books: ‘The Minor Figure Yields to the Chorus’
I’m reading this book right now called “The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.” It’s a recursive story-within-a-story sort of thing, and it’s giving me nightmares.
Editor’s Roundtable: Escape the Podcast
Longreads editors discuss stories in Slate, The Cut, and The Goods by Vox.
Editor’s Roundtable: Smiles, Lies, and Promise (Podcast)
Longreads editors discuss stories in Gay Magazine, The New Yorker, and Topic.
Pot Luck
Searching for justice in the newly legal weed economy
Editor’s Roundtable: Manufactured to Go Viral (Podcast)
Longreads editors discuss stories in Pacific Standard, The Paris Review, and Topic.
On, In, or Near the Sea: A Book List
Summer’s almost over. Alison Fields curated a list of beach-based books to make you feel like you’re still breathing in that sweet sea air.
This Month In Books: ‘You Talk a Lot Don’t You?’
This month’s books newsletter is pretty chatty for a topic that’s supposedly the pastime of introverts!
What Is Elizabeth Rush Reading? : Books on Antarctic Adventure, Ice, Motherhood
“I sometimes wonder if this continent of ice is begging for a different kind of story to be told about it.”
Editor’s Roundtable: All Things Being Unequal (Podcast)
Longreads editors discuss stories in The Cut, Columbia Review of Journalism, The New York Times, and Pacific Standard.
